Slick surfaces in nature are inspiring a new class of materials

The natural world has many tricks to teach us about efficiency and design. Take the carnivorous pitcher plant: its super slippery surface acts like a slide for unsuspecting ants that can't stop themselves from sliding right into the plant and becoming dinner. A mechanical engineer at Penn State ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.
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